Editorial cartoon for Sunday, Sept. 18

Don Prince: Foul-language Trump flag doesn’t belong near school

Someone has chosen (as of Sept. 14) to hang a Trump 2024 flag with an obscene message across from the Turner Primary School. Our state has decided to remove obscenity and innuendo from our license plates to prevent exposing the young to foul language. It is a shame this person feels the need to expose […]

Froma Harrop: Yankee ingenuity: Ukraine’s powerful weapon

Though Ukraine enjoys enormous support from the United States and others, military experts are astounded at how its fighters jury-rigged slow Turkish-made Bayraktar attack drones to drop grenades on Russian assets. They gussied up an old Soviet anti-ship missile design by adding modern electronics. They loaded the renamed “Neptune” missiles on a truck, drove it within range of Russia’s flagship, and down went the Moskva to the bottom of the Black Sea.

Joe Mailey: Gov. Mills ‘a leader during some trying times’

I’ll vote for Gov. Janet Mills in November and I hope that others will join me in doing so. My reasons for this are simple and straightforward, as one can see. During the pandemic she made several decisions she felt were for the best for Mainers. She didn’t allow fear or conspiracies to guide her, […]

Rich Lowry: Ukraine proves there’s no substitute for hard power

The Ukraine war has been a conflict of stark phases and strategic adjustments and re-adjustments. The Russians will presumably have their answer to the current Ukrainian push, and if they don’t, one reason will be that they are running out of those pillars of hard power — men and materiel.

Editorial cartoon for Saturday, Sept. 17

Austin Bay: Will China’s moment of advantage lead to war with America?

Several factors indicate China has a moment of strategic advantage, a window of opportunity from now until 2026 to deal the U.S. a severe defeat. Beijing’s goal: diplomatic and economic superiority lasting decades. U.S. weakness could lead to Taiwanese capitulation.

Phyllis Caron: LePage ‘wrong, wrong, wrong’ for Maine

Not again. I sure hope we learned from the first time. Look at it this way: Paul LePage is always angry, has a potty mouth, always blames someone else, and vetoes many things that come on his desk. I mean, he even wanted to stop state subsidies for Meals on Wheels. He has no compassion […]

Julie and Craig Martin: Rabasco ‘ideal person’ to be next tri-county DA

We have known Ed Rabasco for 20 years. We appreciate his intellect as he volunteers to fulfill the duties of moderating Poland town meetings and serving on the RSU 16 school board for 12 years. His dedication to his community is unwavering. Rabasco is the ideal candidate for district attorney because he would work collaboratively […]

Editorial cartoon for Friday, Sept. 16